例260 The individual now has more information available than any generation, and the task of finding the piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated, time-consuming.
【结构分析】这是两个并列句组成,第一个并列句子主干是The individual now has more information,后面是形容词短语available than any generation做定语,修饰前面的名词information,第二个并列句的主干是the task is complicated, time-consuming, of finding the piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem是个介词短语,修饰前面的名词the task,这个of短语中relevant to his or her specific problem这个形容词短语修饰前面的information。
【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于定语很复杂,很长,有形容词短语,有介词短语,很有延展性。
【核心词汇】
individual 个体
available 可获得的
task 任务
relevant to 相关
specific problem 特定问题
complicated 复杂的
time-consuming 耗时的
【参考译文】一个人现在拥有的信息比任何一代人拥有的信息都多,所以寻找和他或她特定问题相关的信息这个任务并不轻松,而且很耗时。